Sports Journalist Notices Athletes' 'Christian Years'

There's a sports personality named Bill Simmons. He's on the television now, but I loved it when he was just a writer. He's coined a few phrases, like ...

We Often Can't See Our Own Selfishness

Most people would label "selfishness" a negative trait. As Dr. Stephen Diamond writes in Psychology Today, "most of us are taught from childhood that ...

Poll Reveals Our Six-Part 'New Moral Code'

A recent (August 2015) poll from Barna highlighted what's been called our "new moral code." Here are the percentages of those who agreed "completely" ...

Passengers Love Their Bags More Than Life

On Tuesday, September 8th, 2015, a British Airways jet caught fire at the Las Vegas airport, sending smoke billowing into the air, after suffering what ...

Selfie Mania at a Baseball Game

Editor's Note: Here are two illustrations with basically the same theme. Use one or both of them.

This is the age of the selfie. People love to see themselves ...

Our Instant Gratification Society Has a Cost

An article in The Boston Globe claims that our "demand for instant results is seeping into every corner of our lives." The need for instant gratification ...

Celebrity Claims Life Must Be 'I-directed'

After a cancer diagnosis and enduring 17-months of chemo and radiation, Robin Quivers, co-host for shock-jock radio show host Howard Stern, claims to ...

Research on the Harm of 'Small Cheaters'

Researcher Dan Ariely did a massive study to try and understand why some people lie, cheat, and steal. Ariely and his team went to college campuses and ...

Statistics on How Often We Eat and Diet

According to the USDA, between ages twenty and fifty the average person spends about 28,000 hours eating—over 1160 days. Our daily schedules are ...

Welcome to the Cuisine of Have-It-Your-Way

Customized dining has never been easier, according to a recent Washington Post article outlining the proliferation of tell-them-what-you-want food chains. ...